American Revolution

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American Revolution

• The Boston Tea Party

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What we will cover

• When did it happen?
• Who was involved?
• What did they do?
• What were the results of their actions?
• How would you have done things differently if you
  were a part of the Boston Tea Party?

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Before December 16, 1773

• The Tea Act of 1773
• Towns people gathered
• at the Meeting House
• They tried to plead with the governor to send
  the ships back to England
• The governor refused

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Because the governor refused

• That night, December 16, 1773, men dressed as
  Mohawk Indians
• They boarded Englands three ships
• Dumped 342 crates of tea into the ocean
• Parliament was furious,
• they passed the Coercive Acts
• as a result

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Coercive Acts

• Also known as Intolerable Acts
• Purpose To restore order after the Boston Tea
  Party
• Contained four parts
• Most important result was the summoning of the
  First Continental Congress in 1774

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The Four Parts of the Coercive Acts

• Boston Port Act- closed ports including the
  Boston Port
• Quartering Act- Provided soldiers with living
  quarters, including homes
• Administration of Justice Act- saved British
  Officials from capital crimes
• Massachusetts Government Act- Powers of town
  meetings would now need to be royal appointees,
  not popular vote

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A quick review
The Americans dressed as Mohawk Indians
Boarded the East Indian Company Vessels
Which were docked at the Boston Harbor
They emptied 342 crates of tea into the ocean
Giving this event its name The Boston Tea Party
Resulted in the Coercive Act
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Group ProjectRecreating History

• Open a new Word Document, type a heading using
  this format
• Group members names
• (You should have a group of 3 students)
• Boston Tea Party Activity
• Decide what you would have done differently for
  each part the towns people, the governor, and
  Parliament, and type a paragraph for each
  discussing these differences you have thought of.
• After you have decided on new alternatives try to
  predict the other two parts reactions to
  these new decisions.

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• Write your predictions for each part in your
  paper
• As a group, if you have time, decide which
  Coercive Acts you would keep and what you would
  change about them
• Write your changes to the Coercive Acts at the
  end of your paper.
• Your finished paper should consist of three small
  paragraphs followed by two longer paragraphs.
• After you have all the parts, proof read your
  paragraphs. Once you think it is the best you can
  do, print it out so your group can read your new
  decisions aloud to the class next time we meet.

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Fun Facts

• A reenactment of the Boston Tea Party occurs
  every year on December 16th
• The 342 crates of tea equaled 90,000 pounds of
  tea
• The townhouse where the riot was planned is now a
  building
• called Green Dragon
• coffee house

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